THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
FACULTY SENATE
Senate Document Number [4m2490s [0m
Date of Senate Approval [4m3/8/90 [0m
Signature of Senate Chair [4m_______________________[0m Date [4m__________[0m
Action of Vice Chancellor:
Approval [4m_______________________[0m Date [4m______________[0m
Denied [4m_______________________[0m Date [4m______________[0m
Reasons for denial and suggested modifications:
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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document #18: Catalog Changes in Environmental Studies
Effective Date: Fall, 1990
DELETIONS/ADDITIONS to the current catalog statements:
(NOTE: proposed deletions/additions are in bold face).
1. Add the following track option description to the catalog
after the Track in Natural Resource Management (page 128):
[1mGeneral Environmental Studies Track: The student with [0m
[1m advice from his/her academic advisor and approval of the [0m
[1m program director may select a course of study for preparation [0m
[1m in a career area such as: Environmental Policy, Environmental [0m
[1m Journalism, Human Ecology or Zoo and Aquarium Management.[0m
[4mRationale[0m: The ESP has been making personalized degree options
available to students with permission of the faculty committee.
This will formalize and simplify the procedure.
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2. Modify ENVR 239 to read as follows (page 129):
Delete: [1mthe current course description for ENVR 239.[0m
Add:
[1m239 Mineral and Energy Resources (3)[0m
[1m Survey of major mineral and energy deposits. Overview [0m
[1m of mining and exploration methods, as well as population, [0m
[1m political, and strategic considerations. The course will [0m
[1m include at least one field trip to a working underground [0m
[1m mine.[0m
[1m Prerequisite: 105 or permission of the instructor.[0m
[4mEIS[0m: None
[4mRationale[0m: The original ENVR 239 was to be taught by faculty
from the Sociology Department. Although requests were made,
no one has had time in their schedule to permit them to do it.
With the addition of Dr. William Miller, we now have interest,
expertise and the faculty time. This course has never been
offered, but will be in 1990-91. The new description reflects
Dr. Miller's geology training.
3. Add the following new course (page 131):
[1m385 Soils and Land Use (4)[0m
[1m The origin, properties, distribution, and classification [0m
[1m of soils. Land use practices and interrelationships of [0m
[1m soil and pollution. Laboratory will include several [0m
[1m field trips.[0m
[1m Prerequisites: 130, CHEM 141-142 or permission of the [0m
[1m instructor.[0m
[4mEIS[0m: A. Effect on major/minor --- This course will
be available as an advanced elective to ENVR
majors, as well as majors in chemistry, biology
and education.
B. Effect on University requirements - none
C. No effects on other departments are anticipated.
[4mRationale[0m: This will permit us to add an advanced elective
in an area which all of our degree tracks can benefit from.
Many of our glaring environmental problems are soil/land use
related. This will allow us to take advantage of a skill
recently added by our staff geologist and it will fill out his
course responsibility for the program.
4. Delete Environ Sci 130 as prerequisite to Environ Sci 339.
5. Add the following to the Track in Pollution Analysis and
Control description (page 127):
34 hours distributed as follows: ENVR any three from 331,
338, 339, 362; CHEM 221, 222, 223, 231, 232, 332; PHYS
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131, 231. [1mStudents must take Math 191-192 for their[0m
[1m Math requirement.[0m
[4mEIS[0m: None
[4mRationale[0m: Majors in this track frequently try to negotiate
a lower math requirement. Calculus has always been the math
requirement for this track, but we want to formally call
attention to that fact.